This article is a systematic literature review on social innovation in inner peripheries. It
investigates what actors (who), processes (how), and topics (what) emerge from the …

This paper examines transformative resilience as the common challenge for urban/regional
governance and planning systems in two contrasting contexts from the Global North …

The article is aimed at discussing social innovation and co-production under a common
analytical framework in order to contribute, without attempts of comprehensiveness, to the …

Urban regeneration in the historic core of Chinese cities largely follows one of two
possibilities–'demolition-reconstruction,'by tearing down old houses to make room for new …

This paper shows that, in principle, better public control in planning tends to contain land
consumption in the medium-long term, thus confirming the reliability of the typology of spatial …

This paper describes the measures adopted by Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna (two Italian
regions) for planning their peri-urban areas at regional level. Peri-urban territories merge …

ABSTRACT Communicative Planning Theory (CPT) has been heavily criticized for
neglecting context and for not paying sufficient attention to how it influences collaborative …

Governance dynamics and spatial planning regulations are significant factors in the
occurrence (or containment) of urban sprawl. However, qualitative investigations of the …

Drip irrigation is often considered a technological solution to increase water use efficiency
and crop productivity. However, all too often, its social and institutional entanglements are …

To address the social, spatial and environmental problems of cities, planners often promote
and engage with spatial practices that are intended to be experimental, innovative or …